A Colombian court has finally ended a long legal battle over whether Gabriel Garcia Marquez improperly used another man's story in his famous work Chronicle of a Death Foretold. The court has ruled that "Hundreds of literary, artistic, and cinematographic works have had as their central story facts from real life, which have been adapted to the creator's perspective, without this being an impediment to [the author's right] to claim economic rights over them." Another man, Miguel Reyes Palencia, had claimed that Mr. Garcia Marquez, had based the central figure of the novel on him, and had requested that the court award him royalties and a "co-author" credit. More here from the Guardian. Background here in Spanish.

Hugh Grant, plus tons of non-celebrities, take on the tabloids and their behavior before the Leveson board, though it seems as though the non-celebs aren't necessarily a supporting cast. More here from the Guardian.

The case of Garcetti v. Ceballos, decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2006, established that a public employee‟s job related communications are not protected by the First Amendment. The Court also held that an employer has the right to impose disciplinary sanctions against that employee based on those job related communications.

Although the Court specifically did not address how its decision would affect public university professors in the future, Garcetti has already alarmed academicians who believe in the concept of academic freedom.

College professors, especially those who teach in research institutions, are now concerned that the Garcetti decision poses a serious threat to academic freedom. In academia, the perceived threat is that in the future, cases similar to Garcetti will lead to public university professors losing their First Amendment protection, and thus be subject to discipline for their on the job speech.